InstantAction Blog

Chat About Legions

This is your reminder.  The chat is tomorrow, May 1st, 3pm PST.  I'll be posting tomorrow so you can chat here on the blog.  Or you can always go to the Ustream page to chat and watch the conversation: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/legions-live-chat.  As always you'll need to register at Ustream and login if you want to participate in the talk. 

Thomas is the Lead Designer on Legions so make sure you get questions ready that are geared for him to answer.  We'll see ya tomorrow!

Read the original post for more info.

-Dr Wiley

Connection Error Problems Fixed

The discovery process for people using NAT translation was not working properly for TT and Legions.  People were experiencing a "Connection Error" while trying to join these games, instead of "Ready". 

This issue has been fixed.

We apologize for any inconvenience or lack of gaming that this may have caused over the weekend.

-Dr Wiley

Live Chat with Thomas Buscaglia

This Thursday we'll be having Thomas Buscaglia aka "MungeParty", Lead Designer on Legions, chat with us about the game. 

Here is a self portrait:

    The facts:

• What: Live chat with Lead Designer of Fallen Empire: Legions
• When: Thursday, May 1, 3pm PST
• Where: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/legions-live-chat
• Who: Thomas Buscaglia, aka "MungeParty"
• Why: So you can ask questions about Legions and hopefully get some answers.  :)

More info to come as the date approaches.

-Dr Wiley

New Avatars Available

Guess What!  You can get some new avatars for your profile on InstantAction now.  They are currently available for 100 ActionTokens per pack.  They look neat and some of them have food on them.  Below is a sample of some of the packs.

To access these new avatars, log in to your InstantAction account, then click profile, and choose to change your avatar.  There's also a new avatar selection screen.  Be jealous of my Ham avatar!

-Dr Wiley

InstantAction Spotlight!

GamerName: ZhouYu

"I'm 18 and a Londoner born and bred.

I started playing online about 4 years ago, chiefly with diablo2 on open battlenet with haxed characters. A while after that I moved onto Savage and there met my first clan; Dynasty Warriors. With dw I moved from Savage to Tribes: vengeance, I started my own division for it and dw T:v became known as one of the more famous (and one of the least competent) clans in Eu T:V back in the day. I've played t:v since a little while after release, capping all the way, and after dw T:v eventually folded to real life concerns I joined up with Original Crime, who then changed names to Most Wanted. MW is pretty much the premier Eu team, and we still have good games every Sunday in the excellent Asylum league that is currently running.

Back in 2006 or so I became the TWL T:v European admin, largely because noone else wanted the job. I believe that my attempts to keep the Eu community alive during period were always just on the right side of necrophilia. Eu TWL T:v eventually trailed off as comp T:v suffered from a famine of decent players and teams, and I'm now just happy playing rather than organising.

Intermittently I've played other games ofc, enjoying a long stint in the Et:qw closed beta (from February 2007 to Julyish) and becoming a GVF member in the community forums for that game. I also had a short stint with the Et:qw Dignitas team during my open and closed beta time, but left because of RL issues.

In other beta work I spent a good while playing in the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic MP beta and even won a (pretty crappy) motherboard in the TWL competition for that game. I left that scene after release as the community started small and wasn't going anywhere fast and I didn't want to spend another three years of my life watching a favorite game slowly die *cough* T:v *cough*.

Otherwise I have probably played about about ten minutes of T1 and T2 in my life and seem to be none the worse for wear, I'm enjoying the Legions beta, especially the movement and the nutty stuff you can do with OD ^_^.

Zhou"

Maintenance Mode!

You've most likely seen this image:

But what does it all mean?  Here is a rundown of what to expect when you see this.

• We perform updates to the site regularly, so if you see this image, it probably means we are updating the site. 
• You can usually expect the site to be back up within 60 minutes or so.  This might not always be the case, but it should be around that time frame if everything goes according to plan.
• If you see this and it isn't planned, I'll do my bestest to post here to let everyone know what the deal is.

Here are some things you can do while the site is in maintenance mode:

• Read a book, or watch an informative movie.
• Go outside and enjoy the sun, or rain, or snow.  Whatever the case may be.
• Have a conversation with a loved one -- Get to know your parents better.
• Go get some food in your stomach.  You know your hungry.
• Pick up a hobby or learn a skill.
• Do some work!

-Dr Wiley

Web 2.0 Expo

Hey Everyone, Mark Frohnmayar, who worked on ZAP, Marble Blast, and Tribes, is attending the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco through April 25th.  if you're a web 2.0/social gaming extroadinaire and are in the SF area during those times and also want to chew the fat with one of the pioneers, let us know.  We might be able to hook you up and you can talk about InstantAction, GarageGames, Web 2.0, the future, or whatever. 

Post a comment here and I'll see what I can do.  Make sure you provide a valid email address I so can contact you.

-Dr Wiley

Rokkitball on Gametrailers

Gametrailers.com has the trailer of Rokkitball up and a whole boatload of comments.  Check out the trailer below or head on over to gametrailers to get in on the commenting action.

Don't forget to head to the forums and participate in all the conversations that are going on about Rokkitball.  Here are some interesting threads:

• Rokkitball Known Issues
• Rokkitball Tournament
• Rokkitball Cheat Sheet
• Get involved in the Rokkitball Clans forum section

That's about it for right now.  Enjoy!

-Dr Wiley

Who Would You Like to Talk to?

So far we've had some very informative talks with Tim Aste on the Legions team, some members of the Z.A.P. team, the marketing people, and Alex Swanson from Rokkitball.  I'm just curious what kind of conversations would intrigue you guys and maybe someone in particular that you'd like to chat live with.  Leave your ideas and suggestions in the blog post as a comment and hopefully we'll be able to make some dreams come true.

Now, just because you post something doesn't mean we are going to get them and talk about it, but I'm just wondering what might be rolling around in your heads that you'd like to have answered.  Bring the good ideas!

-Dr Wiley

Issues with New Releases

   Problems That Occur After a New Release

The InstantAction team is always working to bring you the best and most entertaining experience. This means that we will periodically release new versions of current InstantAction titles, update the InstantAction platform and bring you new and exciting titles.

However, sometimes these releases are accompanied by new issues. These may include:

• Display errors at the InstantAction home screen


• Friends list display errors


• Connection errors


• In-game graphical errors


• Inbox errors


• Loading issues


• Unpredictable/unusual behavior

Fixing Issues After a Recent Release

Clearing your Internet cache will solve many problems listed above. Instructions on how to clear your Internet cache are as follows:

How To Clear Your Internet Explorer Cache

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click the "Tools" button in the Internet Explorer menu bar
3. Select "Internet Options"
4. Click the "Delete..." button in the "browsing history" section of the Internet Options window.
5. Click the "Delete Files" button.
6. Click the "Yes" button.
7. Close and reopen Internet Explorer.

How To Clear Your Firefox Cache

1. Open Firefox.
2. Select "Tools" from the Firefox menu bar.
3. Select "Clear Private Data...".
4. Uncheck all boxes except "cache".
5. Click the "Clear Private Data Now" button.
6. Close and reopen Firefox.

Contacting Support

Clearing the Internet cache solves many issues pertaining to a new release. However, if you have noticed new bugs or problems with a new release that clearing your cache does not solve please contact InstantAction support.

Contacting InstantAction Support for help and support (link)

Contacting InstantAction Support to report a bug (link)